New product introductions totaled 275 in the first ten months of 2011. October saw 27 new ETPs come to market, consisting of 17 ETFs and 10 ETNs. Three ETFs closed and liquidated, putting the net gain in listed products at 24 for October. The quantity of U.S. listings now stands at 1,359 (1,163 ETFs and 196 ETNs). There were two closures and one launch among the actively managed ETF subset. The current count of actively managed funds is just 39, representing less than 3% of the ETP population.

The number of ETFs averaging more than $1 billion in daily trading activity (the Billion Dollar Club) slipped from 20 to 18 and accounted for more than 70% of all ETP dollars traded. Products averaging more than $100 million of trading per day increased slightly from 86 to 89 and accounted for 92.2% of dollar volume.

October 2011 Month End

ETFs

ETNs

Total

Currently Listed U.S.

1,163

196

1,359

Listed as of 12/31/2010

967

132

1,099

New Introductions for Month

17

10

27

Delistings/Closures for Month

3

0

3

Net Change for Month

+14

+10

+24

New Introductions 6 mths

119

39

158

New Introductions YTD

205

70

275

Delistings/Closures YTD

9

6

15

Net Change YTD

+196

+64

+260

Actively-Managed Listings

39

0

39

Assets Under Mgmt ($ billion)

$1,066

$15.0

$1,081

% Change in Assets for Month

+11.3%

+3.4%

+11.1%

Monthly $ Volume ($ billion)

$1,907

$36.4

$1,943

% Change in Monthly $ Volume

-4.5%

-23.2%

-4.9%

Avg Daily $ Volume > $1 Billion

17

1

18

Avg Daily $ Volume > $100 Million

87

2

89

Avg Daily $ Volume > $10 Million

246

11

257

Data sources: AUM from National Stock Exchange, daily prices and volume of individual ETPs from Norgate Premium Data, fund counts and all other information compiled by Invest With An Edge.

New products launched in October (in chronological order), along with links to my initial analysis of each:

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